Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!bellcore!faline!ulysses!ucbvax!maytag.ceo.dg.COM!Bruce_Kahn From: Bruce_Kahn@maytag.ceo.dg.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: ZIP Chip Question revisited Message-ID: <36.002739@adam.DG.COM> Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 15:03:36 EST Article-I.D.: adam.36.002739 Posted: Sat Nov 14 15:03:36 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 22:30:36 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Bruce_Kahn%MAYTAG.CEO.DG.COM@adam.dg.COM Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 9 After reading Sean K.'s reply about the ZIP Chip and the Siders I found myself asking how can this chip access a peripheral card at the speed of its INTERNAL clock? I have 2 hard drives (separate slots) and find it interesting that the ZIP Chip can access them faster than it would, say, normal memory or ANY cards. Anyone have a clear reason/explaination why/how this is possible? Bruce Kahn